Pakistan Maritime Security Agency

The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (reporting name: PMSA) (Urdu: پاکستان بحری سلامتی ایجنسی) is a branch of the Pakistan Navy. It is a Navy-managed and Navy-controlled Marine law enforcement agency whose mission is to provide protection to Pakistan's maritime interests and enforcement of maritime law with jurisdiction over the domestic and international waters of Pakistan including the exclusive economic zone. The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency is distinct from Pakistan Coast Guards, which is a Civil Armed Force under the Ministry of Interior.

Created on 1 January 1987 in compliance with the UN Convention on Law of the Sea of 1982, the PMSA functions as a federal regulatory agency under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) whose command level leadership and personnel comes directly from the Pakistan Navy. Apart from enforcing maritime law, the PMSA assists in operations against human trafficking, smuggling, and deep sea search and rescue.

The leadership of the agency comes from the external billets appointment approved by the Pakistan Navy and its executive officer is designated as the Director-General who usually at the two-star rank admiral a senior flag officer of Rear Admiral rank in the Navy. The current director of the agency is Rear Admiral Shahzad Iqbal who took the directorship of the agency in 2024.

Since 2014, the mission objectives and area of responsibility of the PMSA has expanded substantially like to provide maritime protection to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.